PDF · 12 pages · 3 sizes
Drum Shade Pattern
A straight-sided shade in three sizes, with the pattern, the ring sizes and the steps.
Downloads
Pleated Shade Pattern
A folded paper shade with the fold lines marked, for a table lamp or a pendant.
Paper Globe Pattern
A round shade built from twelve curved panels, with a template for each.
Cone Shade Pattern
A tapered shade for a bedside lamp, drawn from your own measurements.
My course
Video course · 12 lessons
Make Your First Lampshade
From a measured lamp base to a finished shade, in twelve short lessons you can do in order.
- What you need
- Measuring your lamp
- Choosing the paper
- Drawing the pattern
- Cutting and scoring
- Making the rings
- Wrapping the paper
- Sealing the seam
- Fitting the shade to the lamp
- Choosing the bulb
- Trimming and finishing
- Your second shade
Printed to order
Merch
My designs, printed to order and shipped by Printful.
About
About me
I make lampshades in the spare room, at a table covered with paper, wire and offcuts of thin wood. Most of mine start as a sketch and a measurement, then a paper version cut in an evening. A few turn into a pattern. Most go in the drawer, and one or two end up hanging over my own dinner table.
I do not sell finished lamps. What I sell is the part that is useful to you: the patterns I have tested three times, a guide to the materials, and two video courses for making your first shade and then a woven one. Every pattern comes with the measurements, so a lamp of any size can wear it.
Warm Light
A short letter every other Tuesday from the workshop: one shade I made, one thing that went wrong and one thing to try.
Questions
How do the downloads arrive?
After checkout you receive an email with a download link, and the same link is shown on the confirmation page. Every pattern is a PDF made to print on ordinary A4 or Letter paper.
Is there merch?
Yes: tees, mugs, totes, prints and stickers with my own designs. Each is printed to order and shipped by Printful, and the cost and delivery time show at checkout.
What do I need to start?
A printer, a craft knife, a ruler, glue and a lamp base to fit. The materials guide lists everything, and the first course starts with what to buy.
Do the patterns fit any lamp?
Yes. Each pattern is drawn from three measurements of your own lamp, and the pages show how to take them.